Maybe NASCAR has it right after all. Maybe it should hold its version of the Super Bowl first on the schedule instead of last. By the time NASCAR's Sprint Cup series ends in November only the racing die-hards seem to pay much attention considering we're in the heart of the NFL and college football seasons as Thanksgiving approaches. But having their biggest event, the Daytona 500, in this sleepy time frame between the Super Bowl and March Madness gives NASCAR its best opportunity to generate interest and maintain it, at least until those NCAA brackets are released about a month from now. They'll never admit it, but NASCAR loves controversy. Thrives on it. Last...

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The folks at MyTopSportsbooks.com sent out these odds for the World Series which begins Tuesday night in Kansas City:
Odds to win the World Series:
Giants: 10-11
Royals: 10-11
Odds the World Series is won in:
four games: 6-1
five games: 3-1
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Guests of Allentown's Baum School of Art honored Rudy Ackerman, the school's director of exhibitions and its former executive director, with a gala on Oct. 18 at the school.
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Thankfully for Fox, the World Series didn't go head-to-head with the Cowboys-Redskins game on Monday night. That's because the mighty NFL would have again trounced the Fall Classic in the TV ratings.
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